i love it! when i was a child, i used to collect bird nests (along with various and sundry other things like little animal skeletons, bird egg shells, rocks, etc...my poor mother!!) some of my fondest memories with my grandpa were collecting (no longer used) bird nests which he had found in the trees on his property. the very best and most wonderful one was one made by a Baltimore oriole...it was a beautiful silver grey hanging sack. it was my treasure!!

Last year I uncovered a bird's nest with eggs in it on the ground when I was clearing out the blackberry brambles (and may I just say about that: OW). I covered it back up again with some branches, but the next day, all the eggs were gone. I felt really bad about that. It's hard to be a gardener and have a sensitive conscience.

I love birdnests! The kids laugh at me because at the top of our Christmas tree is a "fake" nest w/ a cardinal in it...LOL In the spring I take our golden out and brush him and watch as the birds gather up his fur for their nests... TFS and a great collection...

Oh, I love nests...I never seem to find any here in urban San Diego, though. I bought one in Tennessee a few years ago from a sweet elderly man who said, "That bird sure did a dang good job, didn't it?" I have 3 bird's nests (that real one and 2 "fake" ones) in my Christmas tree right now...if I COULD find them, I would collect them too! (I also have a heart-shaped rock collection going back many years...and shells and feathers and well, you know!) Love and light in the new year...

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